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This week, from 2018: Nina Gold’s role is invisible, and yet her taste has shaped much of what we watch on film and TV. By Sophie Elmhirst
September 2022
Week in geek
The Star Wars sequel trilogy was a galactic mess. Who should take the blame?
Rian Johnson has defended his contribution to the incoherent series – and he’s right: it wasn’t his fault they were an incoherent failure
May 2020
May the fourth be with you: the Guardian Star Wars Day quiz
Twenty-four questions to test your knowledge of the weird and wonderful characters that populate the Star Wars universe
December 2019
Daisy Ridley: ‘JJ Abrams warned me that Star Wars is a religion’
She was working in a pub when she was cast in the franchise. Six years and three movies later, is the force still strong?
November 2019
Rian Johnson: ‘Trolling? I’ve had slightly more than most people’
He received online abuse after boldly updating Star Wars. Now the director is ripping up the rule book again with modern whodunnit Knives Out
September 2019
Week in geek
Bringing back Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man for the Black Widow movie is cheating
Ellen Ripley and Gandalf have staged comebacks, but making Marvel fans watch their heroes die, then blithely return, is a big ask emotionally
April 2019
The Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Episode IX title revealed as first trailer drops
Details of the plot have been disclosed by cast and crew at a presentation of a teaser trailer and panel discussion to mark the conclusion of the Skywalker series
February 2019
Week in geek
This Star Wars mega-trailer offers us a thrilling sense of what might have been
Topher Grace’s Star Wars Always supercut blends footage of the best-known films to suggest a radical vision for the saga
October 2018
Week in geek
After Russian trolls tarnished The Last Jedi, is it safe to like Star Wars again?
Star Wars: The Last Jedi abuse blamed on Russian trolls and 'political agendas'
August 2018
The Last Jedi's Kelly Marie Tran speaks out against online bullying
In an op-ed for the New York Times, the actor explains why she deleted her Instagram posts after trolls inundated her with abuse
Guardian Weekend: gal-dem takeover
Michaela Coel: 'I was trying to be someone else and failing'
She turned her misfit years into the award-winning show Chewing Gum. Now Coel is starring in a major BBC drama – and challenging her industry to be better and braver
Week in geek
Do we really need 'Force ghost' Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode IX?
Skywalker’s story reached a natural end in The Last Jedi. But Disney won’t let a good thing die, and Mark Hamill is due to return, alongside Carrie Fisher
June 2018
The Last Jedi: what would the $200m fan-funded remake look like?
An online plan to raise funds to remake the last Star Wars episode for riled-up fanboys has led to speculation over just how unhinged it could be
Pro-'straight white male hero' group behind Star Wars actor's abuse
Facebook group Down With Disney’s Treatment of Franchises and its Fanboys claims credit for online abuse levelled at Daisy Ridley and Kelly Marie Tran, who quit social media as a result
Why are (some) Star Wars fans so toxic?
Kelly Marie Tran, who plays Rose, has received a torrent of online abuse and quit Instagram. Is the worst thing about Star Wars other Star Wars fans?
May 2018
Week in geek
How can Star Wars get back on track after Solo's disappointing debut?
Ranked
Every Star Wars film – ranked!
Is anyone really desperate to see Solo: A Star Wars Story?
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